Tabio
Sign in to saveTabio is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. It is located from Bogotá. The town was officially founded April 8, 1603, by Diego Gómez de Mena, on grounds that were the property of the native Muisca who inhabited the area. Tabio borders Zipaquirá in the north, Cajicá in the east, Subachoque in the west and Tenjo in the south.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Tabio
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Capilla Doctrinera Tabio.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Chapel of Santa Barbara
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Tabio (Cundinamarca).svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Escudo Tabio.jpg
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Cundinamarca - Tabio.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the municipality and town inside Cundinamarca Department of Colombia
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Colombia
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Colombia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Cundinamarca
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Central Savanna Province
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 29731
- Area
- 75
- Elevation
- 2569
- Official website
- www.tabio-cundinamarca.gov.co
- Image
- Tabio cathedral.JPG
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Tabio is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. It is located from Bogotá. The town was officially founded April 8, 1603, by Diego Gómez de Mena, on grounds that were the property of the native Muisca who inhabited the area. Tabio borders Zipaquirá in the north, Cajicá in the east, Subachoque in the west and Tenjo in the south.
== Etymology == The name Tabio comes from the Chibcha word Teib meaning "dent" or "hole", which refers to its geographical location, next to the mouth of the Río Frío (also called Sinca).
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